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MG Car Club of South Australia PRE-WAR & T - REGISTER From..John Bray, Photos by David McNabb & Terry Wright Y equals that of the Greek Isles from what I have seen. You had to get there early to get a spot in the narrow brick driveway but 5 T’s and a NA shunted up tightly , check out the photos by Terry Wright and TD McNabb. Statistically speaking. Now at 3.45pm that afternoon we had 36 confirmed, 13 apologies, by 6.30pm hardly any had arrived except John Tamke , John Roach , Suzanne & my- self however as he driveway filled to capacity , 56 eventually signed in after finding suitable parking . There were 19 register cars , 16 T Types , 2 Y & 1 Prewar NA. Apart from the 56 signed in, there must have been at least 10 other interested spectators, curious onlookers and ga- rage sniffers. Great to see David Herbert who flew himself up from Mt Gambier, Graham Brown great TC stalwart , Kevin Mills who has stories about the Y and of course the Battle of Britain ambassador Roland Harris in WW2 regalia T shirt. And not to forget Doc Dallwitz fresh from Melbourne and Los Angeles that day & night, unfortunately the unregis- tered TC was a casualty. Apologies Those who missed out on a spectacular event with great food and conversation were in no particular order of impor- tance: Ray Finch, Brian Forth (again), Ian Buckley (Avalon with the squeeze), Pete Coulson, The Tickford Twins from Goolwa Don & Peter, Nick Proferes, Peter& Di Lancaster, Peter Wallace, The Serial Pest John N, Geoff Goode, Geoff & Anne Mclean. Ken Fisher was but changed his mind. The DNA meeting, Hannaford Rd Blackwood es, “Dean ‘n’ Anne’s” very first Reg- ister at 62 Hannaford Rd. Dean , Dean it was super clean, what a transformation it was from what I had seen the week before, there is real space and all those “spares” were packed away in a fashion that would only rival that garage at Torrens Park that we go to. I should not go on about it but it was a great effort to present the garage for the meeting and any spouse that wants the same result should consider requesting a register night from their relevant part- ner. Brilliant result Anne ! Not only that the garden and the drive- way looked spectacular as well espe- cially from Hannaford Road where the “great wall of Hosking” dry stone walling 8